Twinkie's Travel Log: Europe Edition Part 1

It has always been a dream of mine to go to Europe; top of the bucket list, actually.  Well, that's exactly what I got to do this summer.  Crazy, right? Now, this wasn't a trip with my high school(although, it did kind of inspire it).  My parents had been talking about going to Europe for a while now and after my high school went on a Europe trip to France, Spain, and Italy, it really go the ball rolling.  We wanted to go to Europe, but on our own time.  My dad got in contact with one of his younger brothers who lives in Germany( Air Force) to see if it was okay if we went out to visit him and his family.  After that, everything was set in stone.  I was going to Europe!

We left our wee little town of Snowflake on the 17th of June at about 4:45 in the morning. It was totally worth it.  In our travelling group was me, my darling parents, my best friend Valon, My cousin Elise, and my Aunt Linda.  We flew out of Sky Harbor Airport into Chicago.  From there, it was straight to Dublin.... oh yeah, then the puddle hoppers to London then to Strasbourg, France.

My Uncle Paul picked us up in Strasbourg and we spend the late afternoon there.  Beautiful city. I loved it; even if I was dog tired.  A nine hour time difference will do that to you.


And so our journey begins! In the O'Hare Airport.

The Strasbourg Cathedral. Amazing!






over looking the river. so picturesque.  

After spending time in Strasbourg, We eventually made our way towards Ramstein, Germany where my Aunt and uncle live off base.  The sun was sinking below the Black Forest, jet lag was sinking in, and the backseat of that mini van was looking extremely comfortable.  Needless to say, I fell asleep on the drive.  Come to think of it, the three of us girls did a lot of napping in that car.

 

 

Introductions

Well, here I am, starting a blog... I'd like to say that I'm very tech savvy, but that would be a boldfaced lie.  Yes, I am somewhat connected to the outside world.  There's Facebook and Pinterest, and hey! I joined Intsagram about a week ago. yeah, still trying to figure that one out...

Anyway, it never really occurred to me to start a blog until this summer.  Granted, before then, I had absolutely no idea what it would be on. I just barely graduated high school and I still have a couple weeks before I go off to college.  I wish I could say that this blog was my idea, but it was actually my mother's idea. Good on ya, mum!

My Freshman year, my cousin lived with my family her last year of high school.  This is where it all begins...

Okay, it's really not that dramatic.  She gave me her old Twinkie case.  You know, Twinkie the Kid, made to protect the spongy goodness that everyone seems to love.  The thing is, I don't really like Twinkies... like at all.  What the heck am I supposed to do with this thing? It didn't take me long to realize that he makes a great bobby pin holder, so that's what he became. 

Moving on to my sophomore year, my mom came up with the idea to take Twinkie places and take pictures of him in front of things.  I would then send those pictures to my cousin.  To show my appreciation for said gift, I guess?  But my mom, being the genius that she is, said that I should start a blog about our adventures together. Hmm...not a bad idea mom, not a bad idea.

So here it is! Twinkie, welcome to the internet.